I simply think I can’t live with just any Smartphone. I’m really a Gadget Freak! OK, what made me say this? I’ve just bought this excellent business toy two months ago and playing around with it. I guess at last, I’ve found the one which I will settle with for sure.

I don’t know how many of you out there know about BlackBerry services. For those who don’t, it’s a Push-Mail service offered by RIM (Research In Motion Ltd) in USA and UK along with cellphone carriers. In India, it’s newly launched with AirTel and Hutch. And as there isn’t many choices of BlackBerry devices so far, they’ve also offered BlackBerry Connect which is a similar service like BlackBerry but allows you to use any Push-Mail enabled mobile device such as Nokia E-series and Windows PDA’s. I’ve been using this BlackBerry Connect service for almost one year now and know it’s advantages and disadvantages. Though, BlackBerry Connect works similar to BlackBerry, it’sn’t just same. It supports only 34KB of attachments against 8MB supported by BlackBerry devices. And, so many other features that belong to the Email are only supported in BlackBerry devices. So, at last, I thought I should go ahead and buy a BlackBerry device. As usual, I always wanted the BEST in range and the newly introduced BlackBerry Curve 8300 is the one I found the BEST.

First of all, there are few unique features that RIM brought into this version of BlackBerry device. This is the FIRST BlackBerry device to boast a whopping 2 MegaPixel camera. Even though RIM already introduced Multimedia Capabilities to it’s BlackBerry Pearl first, this is the device where RIM actually fine tuned it’s multimedia capabilities along with an expandable MicroSD slot which allows upto 2GB extension to the Memory. This is also the only multimedia capability device from BlackBerry series to boast a full QWERTY keyboard (the BlackBerry Pearl uses SureType™ Two Lettered keyboard which has known flaws). This is also the world’s thinnest Smartphone with full QWERTY keyboard. And, what’s more? This is the first BlackBerry Device from RIM which concentrates on outlook styles also.

When I initially bought this one, I have to wait for almost two days (BlackBerry Curve is the highest demanded smartphone from AirTel BlackBerry devices in that time and even now). You all know I use AirTel already and that’s where I bought this. AirTel imports these devices from RIM through third parties and we’ve to buy from them only. After buying, AirTel will give the connection and all settings we need. BlackBerry Curve is not only costly mobile, the service also is costly. So, if you’re really a business people and need Email on the Go very importantly, then, consider buying a BlackBerry device along with connection (mine is Rs.899 Plan which gives unlimited connectivity and email browsing per Month)

When I finally got the device, the first thought to come to me is it’s really worth the wait. It’s simply the coolest BlackBerry device ever designed by RIM and the BEST usability one too. I’ve configured my 8 Email ID’s (BlackBerry supports upto 10 Email IDs per Device) and whoa! It’s simply amazing. The Emails downloaded in blazing fast. BlackBerry Curve is an EDGE device (not a GPRS device as most other smartphones). The EDGE connection is available only in major cities in India and also mostly out doors. The connection was really superb and the Browsing is the BEST experience I’ve ever had on a hand held device. Apple iPhone boasts that it’s the first mobile to have a full-fledged Browser but I should say, BlackBerry is the first smartphone to have a highly capable full-fledged Browser. The Browser allows mobile device mode and desktop mode also. In desktop mode, you actually have a mouse pointer and play around with websites as you will do in Desktop PC. Surely an iPhone beater. Even, iPhone or any other Smartphone I knew so far didn’t contained this feature. This feature is particularly beautiful because BlackBerry has the Track Ball for navigation. Not the silly D Navigation system or Joysticks which are really painful. Once I started using BlackBerry’s Track Ball (I guess they’ve a patent for it, that’s why other mobiles didn’t boast it so long) I found nothing navigates as easy as BlackBerry. You need to get used to the Track Ball of course, but if you used Mouse in Desktop PC (I’m sure most of you do), you will find it extremely easy to handle the Track Ball in BlackBerry.

The Screen is an absolute wonder in BlackBerry Curve. It’s stylish, bright, and ultra cool and high quality. Wide Screen gives excellent viewing abilities while browsing and accessing various applications. The full QWERTY keyboard is simply amazing and I really started typing ultra fast within weeks. The 2 MegaPixel Camera is excellent and I was only disgruntled by the BlackBerry’s lack of support for good Camera options (Sony Ericsson is the BEST in this class). It just provides basic Camera options and the quality in outdoor is good. It’s understandable considering BlackBerry is a business device, the Camera options aren’t needed actually. The multimedia capabilities of this BlackBerry is simply amazing. The speaker quality and sound quality are good. Videos are little skeptic though. Picture viewing with it’s zooming capabilities are simply amazing.  This also allows setting wallpapers by zooming small pictures to fit the screen (one of the unique features I found in BlackBerry)

Messaging is the ultimate wonder of BlackBerry Curve. RIM got it clearly right. This is a Business Device and it’s excellent in all Business capabilities. Messaging, Attachment Viewing, Replying, Forwarding everything is simply superb. Also, one of the iPhone’s boasting that it’s the first device to arrange SMS messages in conversation manner is again dusted by BlackBerry. It supports the conversation arrangements for SMS and Email helping you to view past messages sent by the Sender and the messages you replied all in the same screen. The bundled applications are simply very good enough for any Business user.

It also has Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and it’s own unique BlackBerry Messenger for text messaging. All the IM clients are simply amazing and are surely a Desktop replacements. I always felt like keeping my Laptop in my hand. They really made me think I don’t need my Laptop anymore.

BlackBerry Curve supports the usual connectivities like WLAN, Bluetooth and WiFi. The Bluetooth connectivity was enhanced in BlackBerry to keep away from spammers and virus spreaders. It simply allows you to connect Bluetooth for the relevant file types only and that also from relevant applications only and supports a good acknowledgment system so that you will make sure you will really wanted a bluetooth transfer when it’s done. The miniUSB port for Charging and Data transfer are good. The bundled desktop software for managing BlackBerry device is simply amazing. It supports a wide variety of Email Clients (Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, The Bat, Thunderbird etc) natively and supports all kinds of Address Books natively for synchronization. There are excellent desktop management softwares included in the bundled software package CD-ROM.

The being said, on the down-side part, I can’t find much things actually. We can extend our views to more elaborate ways and find that it’s lack of Camera options a down side. Really, I don’t find any other down side in this excellent device.

To know more about BlackBerry Curve visit: http://www.blackberrycurve.com/

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